REAL Awesome

Last night Paige and I, with a group of friends, went to the Real Salt Lake game (vs. FC Dallas) to celebrate the 24th of July. Because we think pioneers probably loved soccer. Well, it was a little disappointing to see two goals scored within the first 20 minutes of the game, both of them by the other team, and both due to bad defense on the home team. However, the second half was all Real Salt Lake. They scored four goals and the keeper stopped a PK. Amazing.

After the game there was an awesome fireworks show. Paige and I got to sit on the Rio Tinto field together to watch the fireworks (which were more impressive than Stadium of Fire, we thought).

It started raining right when we got to the car to drive home. What luck. Now, pictures!

My biggest weakness

One of my favorite parts about going home is visiting my favorite clothing stores, especially Jacob and RW & Co. Normally, my accountant side comes out and I am very frugal. Steven often has to tell me that it is ok to spend money on even essential things like milk and gas. However, buying clothes is by far my biggest weakness. Here's a peek of some outfits from above said favorite stores, and if anybody else loves to look at clothes their websites are http://www.jacob.ca and http://www.rw-co.com.
I was very lucky to have birthday money to spend, and I got some great new classic pieces. However, after coming home and realizing that once again my closet was WAY to full to cram in anything else, I spent the evening cleaning out my closet and accumulating a nice big pile of clothing to donate to Deseret Industries.
Now my closet is clean and organized again and I feel great. I am making a goal that for every new item I buy, I will donate one. That helps me feel a little bit better about my biggest weakness....

Stampeders

We are now home from Calgary and we had a fantastic trip. We did so many fun things. One great thing that we did was go to a Stampeders Football game. For all of my American friends, the Calgary Stampeders are in the "CFL" or Canadian Football League. This is like the NFL for Canada. My dad played on the "Stamps" for 9 years while I was growing up, and so going to games has always been a big part of my life that I was excited to finally share with Steven.

The weather was beautiful, we had great seats, and the Stamps demolished the Toronto Argonauts. A perfect football game.

For a hobby when he is not a lawyer, my dad is now the color commentator for the Stampeders games on the radio. At the game, we were able to spend the second half watching him. I am always amazed at how quickly he thinks on his feet and what a great job he does.
And, just for fun, here is an old-school picture of my dad when he played on the Stampeders and they won the championship (he is in the middle).

Oh Canada

We safely arrived in Calgary on Thursday night and yesterday was our first fun-filled day at home. And boy was it a fun day. We started off the day going to the Stampede. We.....

Road the train and it was PACKED
Went to a bunch of shows including break dancers, Superdogs, Crazy high divers, and a hypnotist.
Met "Yellowstone," the 2500 pound cow. I'm not kidding, he was honestly the largest cow I have ever seen.AND..... WENT TO KENNY CHESNEY!!! My mom and I went to the show together and we absolutely loved it. In fact, I am even proud to admit that we danced and sang along to every word. I can barely talk this morning.
I know that not everybody is a country music fan, but his music is good. He is definitely my favorite and I fulfilled a dream by going. I changed my playlist below and the first song is mine and Steven's wedding song, "Me and You." I was thrilled that he sang it last night. He said it was the first time in 6 years he has sang it live and so I felt lucky.

Birthday Fun

Well, I was informed that my blog is in need of a serious update. I have many excuses, but I figured out that one of the main culprits is I am always forgetting my camera. We are actually having a very busy summer, but I think that just me writing can be boring and so I don't like to post something without pictures. However, yesterday was my 23rd birthday, and of course we took some pictures there. The day was great and I felt very loved. Steven made and decorated a birthday cake for me, I got lots of phone calls and gifts, and I am just a lucky girl. We went out to Chili's for dinner and then we had Fallon & Brice, and Jeremy & Kedra over for some birthday festivities at night. Pictures below:

Now, we are off tomorrow morning at 4 AM for our 14 hour road trip back home to Calgary, Canada. I am so excited. The car is clean, the apartment is clean, and the packing will hopefully get done sometime soon. We have lots of fun in store back there including seeing my family, a Kenny Chesney concert, the Calgary Stampede, a Stampeders football game, swimming at my grandparents, bike riding, Steven's summer leadership program, and of course shopping. I sure miss all my favorite stores. More to come on the Canadian adventures soon....